16 Ct. Cl. 120 | W. Va. Ct. Cl. | 1986
On April 9, 1986, at about 10:00 a.m., the claimant was operating her 1979 AMC Spirit on the one-lane Everson Bridge, near Route 19, Marion County. Claimant had passed over the pothole, the existence of which was known to her. Upon seeing an oncoming vehicle on the one-lane bridge, she stopped and backed up and backed into the pothole, thus damaging her automobile. Damage to the vehicle amounted to $192.57. The claimant testified that she had travelled this bridge several times before the incident and was aware of the existence of the pothole. She was not able to state definitely that the hole had been present for the winter, but she could state that it had been in existence in March, the month before this incident.
Claim disallowed.